CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-94 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Brad Winter, by request
RESOLUTION
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Approving The Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plan (Winter, by request)
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APPROVING THE CORONADO METROPOLITAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA PLAN.
WHEREAS, the New Mexico Legislature has passed the Metropolitan Redevelopment Code (herein "Code"), Sections 3-60A-1 to 3-60A-48 inclusive NMSA, 1978, as amended, which authorizes the City of Albuquerque, New Mexico (the "City") to prepare metropolitan redevelopment plans to undertake and carry out metropolitan redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, the governing body of the City, (the "City Council") after notice and public hearing as required by Code, has duly passed and adopted Council Resolution R-16-93, which designated the Coronado Area as a Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) and established its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, these Resolutions made certain findings, among other things, declaring the Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Area to be blighted and that rehabilitation, conservation, development and redevelopment in the Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Area is necessary in the interest of public health, safety, morals and welfare of the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has conducted a public hearing, after proper notice as required by the Code, on the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan proposes projects and improvements that will help spur redevelopment of underutilized sites and improve infrastructure within the area; and
WHEREAS, the Coronado Metropolitan Redevelopment Plan identifies multiple strategies for revitalization of the area, including improvements to public right-of-way, traffic calming measures, safety improvements such as pedestrian lighting, and private property improvements to prepare for redevelopment.
WHEREAS, this M...
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